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The Copyright Handbook

What Every Writer Needs to Know

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The Copyright Handbook: What Every Writer Needs to Know

Pub. Date: Aug 2006
Edition: 9th
Pages: 528 pp
ISBN: 9781413305333
Forms: 31 forms
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Summary

Protect your written works, easily and legally!

In the Information Age, writers need to take steps to protect their hard work. Fortunately, The Copyright Handbook provides everything you need to get the job done.

Inside, you'll find the information and forms you need to protect all types of written expression under copyright law. Let The Copyright Handbook show you how to:

  • register your work
  • maximize copyright protection
  • use a copyright notice
  • transfer ownership of copyright
  • avoid infringement
  • deal with infringers
  • understand the "fair use" rule
  • get permission to use copyrighted work
  • profit from your copyright
  • and much more

The 9th edition, completely updated to provide the latest case law and copyright regulations, now covers Internet works such as blogs. The CD-ROM provides over 30 up-to-date legal and copyright forms.

Press Reviews

"Explains the ins and outs of copyright law -- in plain English -- and provides all the forms and step-by-step instructions to register a copyright..."
Authorship
"For anyone who creates written works...The Copyright Handbook is as essential as a dictionary."
Business Life
"A thorough (and thoroughly enjoyable) discussion of the subject of copyright law as it applies to writers."
Writer’s Market
"The Copyright Handbook will be a hit with librarians, copyright researchers, and anyone who wants to protect their work."
Cheryl LaGuardia, Editor,
Library Journal
"The Copyright Handbook... has become a standard work on the subject."
Bob Schwabach,
Syndicated Columnist
"[A] useful legal resource for writers..."
New Orleans Times-Picayune
"An excellent self-help guide through the law and the registration process, including the appropriate forms."
Home Office Computing
"This book contains all the usual wonderful features we have come to expect from the Nolo line..."
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